A fierce religious identity dominates the Sunni-majority nation, with principles of the Koran, conservative Sunni teachings known as Wahhabism and strict Islamic Shariah law present in all aspects ...

Again, the Sunni nations will eventually make the necessary nuclear adjustments in the manner that worked for Iran. A nuclear Middle East will be the bastard child of this treaty. Conventional ...

leading to rise in influence of Sunni countries in the West Asia. After the Syrian rebels, led by HTS leader Ahmed al-Sharam came to power, one of the first things they did was to ban Israeli and ...

The Middle East is in the midst of ever-increasing tension, as conflict between Iran and Saudi Arabia is spiraling to involve more countries in the region. Saudi Arabia severed all diplomatic ties ...

The Syrian Network for Human Rights said armed groups and foreign fighters aligned with the government but not integrated ...

Armed groups killed entire families, including women and children, during an outbreak of sectarian violence in Syria last ...

- The Christians are split into a number of denominations - some of them tiny communities with ancient roots in pre-Islamic Syria. Groups include the Greek Orthodox, Maronites, Syriac Orthodox and ...